ʻO ke kālā Roma o ke kenekulia 3, nā hanana a mākou e kamaʻilio nei, he denari o ka mō'ī, nāna i hoʻāla i kahi kipi kūʻē i ka mea pepehi kanaka ʻo Alexander Sever, a ua noho aliʻi ʻo ia no nā lā 22 wale nō.
Pono au e wehewehe i ka laha ole o ia denari. A ʻo kāna mālama maikaʻi ʻana e lilo ke kālā i mea waiwai nui loa no ka connoisseur maoli o nā ʻāpana kālā o Roma. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Alexander Sever ma Kelemania i kahi kipi i alakaʻi ʻia e Maximinus the Thrace. Wahi a ka hōʻike a nā mea kākau kahiko, ʻo ia ke keiki a Sarmatian a me kahi Goth, kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke kumu mai ka ʻāina o Ukraine hou. Ua koho ʻo ia i ka mea nona ka ʻāina waiwai ʻo Mark Antony Gordian I Sempronian Romanus i kiaʻāina nona ma ʻApelika, nona ka poʻe aliʻi Roma a ua paʻa i nā kūlana aupuni kiʻekiʻe i nā manawa he nui, me ka consular i ka makahiki 64.
Me kāna keiki (ʻike ʻia ʻo Gordian II), nāna hoʻi i paʻa i kahi kūlana consular, alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika. I Malaki 238, ua kipi nā koa i ʻApelika ma ke kuhikuhi a ka Senate, a no ka ʻeha o ka make, koi ʻia nā Gordians ʻelua e ʻae i nā inoa ʻo Augustus. ʻAʻole koke, ua puka mai ke kia'āina o ka moku kokoke i Numidia, ka mea i ʻoi aku ka ʻike a me ka pūʻali koa maikaʻi, e kākoʻo iā Maximinus. Ma ka pale ʻana iā Carthage i ʻApelila 238, ua pio ʻo Gordian II a pepehi ʻia, a noho aliʻi ana no 20 mau lā. I ka ʻike ʻana i kēia, ua pepehi wau ʻo Gordian 80 makahiki. No ka lōʻihi o kona ola ʻana a me ka hauʻoli, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea pōʻino i nā kūlana, ʻoiai ʻo ia i ka mana no nā lā 22 wale nō.
